Anthurium plant named ‘AN2922932’

ABSTRACT

A new  Anthurium  plant named ‘AN2922932’ particularly distinguished by having medium blistered and strongly glossy, red, cordate, and durable spathes that retain the original color for a very long period of time with dark green, strongly glossy, concave, long cordate, durable leaves, purplish-red spadices with red tips, early and rich flowering continuously throughout the year, and a plant height of 31.0 cm to 36.0 cm is disclosed.

Genus and species: Anthurium andraeanum L.

Variety denomination: ‘AN2922932’.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of Anthurium, botanically known as Anthurium andraeanum L., and hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘AN2922932’. The new Anthurium plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the inventor in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. The objective of this breeding program was to create a new plant with a height of 31.0 cm to 36.0 cm having medium blistered and strongly glossy, red, cordate, and durable spathes.

The new variety originated from a cross-pollination made in September 2013 in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. The female parent was a red Anthurium pot plant designated ‘24965-06’ (unpatented), and the male parent was a red Anthurium pot plant designated ‘13028-023’ (unpatented).

A single plant was selected from the progeny of the stated cross in August 2015. Asexual reproduction of the new variety by tissue culture in 2017 in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands, has demonstrated that the new variety reproduces true to type with all of the characteristics, as herein described, firmly fixed and retained through successive generations.

Community Plant Variety Rights for this variety have been applied for in the European Union on Nov. 26, 2020 (Application no. 2020/3000), by Applicant who obtained the subject matter disclosed directly from the inventor. ‘AN2922932’ has not been made publicly available or sold anywhere in the world prior to the effective filing date of this application with the exception of sales or disclosures made one year or less before the effective filing date of this claimed invention by Applicant who obtained ‘AN2922932’ directly from the inventor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new variety when grown under normal horticultural practices in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands:

-   -   1) Medium blistered and strongly glossy, red, and cordate         spathes;     -   2) Purplish-red spadices with red tips;     -   3) Green, strongly glossy, concave, long cordate leaves;     -   4) Red cataphylls;     -   5) Spathes are positioned slightly above the leaves; and     -   6) Leaf shape in cross section of middle zone is concave.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

This new Anthurium plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographs which show the overall plant habit including blooms, buds, and foliage of the plant; the colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures. The photographs are of a 44-week-old plant grown in a greenhouse in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands, in February 2022. Colors in the photographs may differ from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description, which accurately describe the actual colors of the new variety.

FIG. 1 shows the overall plant habit, including blooms, buds, and foliage.

FIG. 2 shows a close up of the mature spathe.

FIG. 3 shows a close-up of the upper leaf blade surface.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW VARIETY

The following detailed description sets forth the distinctive characteristics of ‘AN2922932’. The data which define these characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands. The plant history was taken on 44-week-old plants which were planted from tissue culture in 14-centimeter (diameter) pots and grown in a glass greenhouse between 19° C. and 24° C. Observations were made in February 2022. Color readings were taken under 5000 lux natural light in the greenhouse. Color references are primarily to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (RHS) (2015).

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

-   Classification:     -   -   Family.—Araceae.         -   Botanical.—Anthurium andraeanum L.         -   Common name.—Anthurium.         -   Denomination.—‘AN2922932’. -   Parentage:     -   -   Female parent.—Anthurium plant ‘24965-06’ (unpatented).         -   Male parent.—Anthurium plant ‘13028-023’ (unpatented). -   Plant:     -   -   Propagation.—Tissue culture.         -   Root description.—Fleshy-creamy (RHS 158B) colored roots             with small hairy lateral roots having pink (RHS 38A) colored             root tips.         -   Time to produce a finished flowering plant.—42 to 46 weeks             after planting in a 14-cm (diameter) pot.         -   Growth habit.—Upright.         -   Height (measured from soil, including inflorescence).—31.0             cm to 36.0 cm.         -   Width (measured from leaf tips).—33.0 cm to 38.0 cm. -   Leaves:     -   -   Immature leaves.—Length: 15.0 cm to 18.0 cm. Width: 8.0 cm             to 10.0 cm. Color: Upper surface: RHS 152A with a red shade             and margin (RHS 181A). Lower surface: RHS 146C with a red             shade and margin (RHS 181B). Texture (both upper and lower             surfaces): Glossy, leathery, and thin.         -   Mature leaves.—Length (fully expanded): 18.0 cm to 21.0 cm.             Width: 10.0 cm to 12.0 cm. Shape: Long cordate. Apex:             Acuminate. Base: Cordate. Leaf blade angle with the petiole:             Between 120 degrees and 140 degrees. Leaf margin: Entire.             Color: Upper surface: RHS 147A with a reddish-brown margin             (RHS 174A). Lower surface: RHS 146B. Texture (both upper and             lower surfaces): Glossy, leathery, and thick. Venation:             Pinnate veining; the mid-vein and primary veins (the veins             that radiate out from the junction of petiole and leaf)             protrude at the underside of the leaf blade. Venation color:             Upper surface: RHS 144A. Lower surface: RHS 144B with a             touch of RHS 174B.         -   Lobes.—Present. Arrangement: Leaf blade has two lobes             extending past the petiole. The lobes are non-touching.             Length of lobes of mature leaf blades: 2.0 cm to 3.0 cm.             Width of lobes of mature leaf blades: 4.0 cm to 4.5 cm.             Distance from petiole/leaf junction to highest point on             lobes of mature leaf blades: 5.0 cm to 6.0 cm.         -   Petiole.—Cross-section: Round. Diameter: 0.3 cm to 0.4 cm.             Length: 15.0 cm to 18.0 cm for a mature leaf size. Color:             Mature leaf: RHS 144B. Immature leaf: RHS 144C with a red             shade (RHS 174B). Cataphyll color surrounding the petiole:             Outside: RHS 181B. Inside: RHS 181D.         -   Geniculum.—Length: 1.5 cm to 2.5 cm. Width: 0.4 cm to             0.5 cm. Color: RHS 144A with a red stripe (RHS 181A) on             front. -   Inflorescence:     -   -   Arrangement.—Single.         -   Flowering habit (length of flowering season).—Continuous.         -   Number of inflorescences per plant.—7 to 9.         -   Fragrance.—Absent.         -   Longevity of inflorescence on plant.—Over a year. -   Spathe:     -   -   Buds.—The spathe is tightly rolled around the spadix and             extrudes from the peduncle sheath. After the spathe is fully             opened the peduncle elongates some extra centimeters.         -   Arrangement.—Spathe angle with the peduncle is between 120             degrees and 140 degrees; the spathe stands on a wiry             peduncle about 2.0 cm to 5.0 cm above the foliage.         -   Shape.—Cordate.         -   Apex.—Abruptly acuminate.         -   Base.—Cordate.         -   Texture.—Medium blistered and strongly glossy.         -   Margin.—Undulated.         -   Size.—Length: 10.0 cm to 12.0 cm. Width: 9.5 cm to 10.5 cm.         -   Lobes.—Present. Arrangement: The spathe has two lobes             extending past the peduncle. The lobes are non touching.             Length: 0.5 cm to 1.0 cm. Width: 3.5 cm to 4.0 cm.         -   Color.—Just fully open: Upper surface: RHS 45A. Lower             surface: RHS 45D. This red color remains for a very long             period, at least more than 30 weeks after opening. The             spathe turns green after some weeks. -   Peduncle:     -   -   Shape.—Erect.         -   Cross-section.—Round.         -   Length.—24.0 cm to 29.0 cm.         -   Diameter.—0.3 cm to 0.4 cm.         -   Color.—RHS 144C with a reddish-orange shade (RHS 175C)             toward the spathe. -   Flowering time:     -   -   General.—One small, rooted, untreated tissue culture plant             of 8.0 cm tall will flower, depending on the season, after             42 to 44 weeks and 7 to 8 blossoms appear. More blossoms             appear after some additional weeks so that a full flowering             and commercial plant will have 8 to 9 red spathes. Smaller             blossoms may occur on immature plants. -   Spadix:     -   -   Size.—Length: 4.0 cm to 4.5 cm (depending on flower size).             Width (at apex): 0.4 cm to 0.5 cm. Width (at base): 0.5 cm             to 0.6 cm.         -   Shape.—Columnar.         -   Angle of spadix tip with peduncle.—170 degrees to 180             degrees.         -   Texture.—When the spathe is unfurling, the spadix is smooth.             When the spadix matures, small stigmata protrude. The             stigmata are evenly distributed around the spadix. The             spadix matures from base to top, slowly giving the spadix a             somewhat rough appearance.         -   Color.—Immature: RHS 46A. Mature: RHS 59B. Ages to: RHS             176C. -   Flowers:     -   -   Quantity per spadix.—170 to 200.         -   Spadix flower arrangement.—Bisexual, rounded in             cross-section.         -   Shape.—Rounded.         -   Size.—Length: 0.05 cm to 0.10 cm. Diameter (maximum): 0.10             cm.         -   Color.—RHS 186D. -   Reproductive organs:     -   -   Stamens.—Not visible.         -   Pollen amount.—Absent.         -   Pistil.—Quantity: 170 to 200. Length: Less than 0.01 cm.             Color: RHS 186D.         -   Style.—Not observed to date.         -   Stigma.—Shape: Ovoid. Diameter: Less than 0.01 cm. Color:             RHS 186D.         -   Ovary.—Rarely visible.         -   Ovary color.—Not measured. -   Fruit and seed set: None observed to date. -   Disease and pest resistance: No specific resistance or     susceptibility observed to pathogens or pests common to Anthurium     under commercial conditions to date.

COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL AND SIMILAR COMMERCIAL VARIETIES

‘AN2922932’ differs from the female parent plant ‘24965-06’ (unpatented) in that ‘AN2922932’ has cordate spathes, long cordate leaves, and red cataphylls, whereas ‘24965-06’ has orbicular-cordate spathes, elliptical-cordate leaves, and green cataphylls.

‘AN2922932’ differs from the male parent plant ‘13028-023’ (unpatented) in that ‘AN2922932’ has long cordate leaves, purplish-red spadices with red tips, and spathes that are concave in cross section of middle zone, whereas ‘13028-023’ has elliptical-cordate leaves, white spadices with yellow tips, and spathes that are straight in cross section of middle zone.

‘AN2922932’ differs from similar commercial variety ‘ANTHFANXOL’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 31,489) in that ‘AN2922932’ has cordate spathes that are positioned slightly above the leaves, long cordate leaves, and red cataphylls, whereas ‘ANTHFANXOL’ has orbicular-cordate spathes that are positioned far above the leaves, deltoid leaves, and green cataphylls with red tips.

‘AN2922932’ differs from similar variety ‘ANTHDUXH’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 27,731) in that ‘AN2922932’ has purplish-red spadices with red tips and red cataphylls, whereas ‘ANTHDUXH’ has light pink spadices with red tips and green cataphylls. 

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct variety of Anthurium plant named ‘AN2922932’, substantially as illustrated and described herein. 